Judith Baxter is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at Aston University, UK. She has published a number of influential monographs including Double-voicing at Work: Power, Gender and Linguistic Expertise (2014), The Language of Female Leadership (2010) and Positioning Gender in Discourse: A Feminist Methodology (2003). Her work regularly features in the media.Haleema Al A'ali is Assistant Professor at the University Of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, language, gender and leadership, and language in the workplace.

• Chapter 1: Women Leaders in the Middle East and West.- Chapter 2: The Two Case Studies.- Chapter 3: Women Leaders in the Middle East.- Chapter 4: Women Leaders in the UK.- Chapter 5: The Discursive Positioning of Women Leaders.- Chapter 6: Gender and an ‘Effective’ Language of Leadership.

Judith Baxter is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at Aston University, UK. She has published a number of influential monographs including Double-voicing at Work: Power, Gender and Linguistic Expertise (2014), The Language of Female Leadership (2010) and Positioning Gender in Discourse: A Feminist Methodology (2003). Her work regularly features in the media.Haleema Al A'ali is Assistant Professor at the University Of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, language, gender and leadership, and language in the workplace.

• Chapter 1: Women Leaders in the Middle East and West.- Chapter 2: The Two Case Studies.- Chapter 3: Women Leaders in the Middle East.- Chapter 4: Women Leaders in the UK.- Chapter 5: The Discursive Positioning of Women Leaders.- Chapter 6: Gender and an ‘Effective’ Language of Leadership.

Judith Baxter is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at Aston University, UK. She has published a number of influential monographs including Double-voicing at Work: Power, Gender and Linguistic Expertise (2014), The Language of Female Leadership (2010) and Positioning Gender in Discourse: A Feminist Methodology (2003). Her work regularly features in the media.Haleema Al A'ali is Assistant Professor at the University Of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, language, gender and leadership, and language in the workplace.

• Chapter 1: Women Leaders in the Middle East and West.- Chapter 2: The Two Case Studies.- Chapter 3: Women Leaders in the Middle East.- Chapter 4: Women Leaders in the UK.- Chapter 5: The Discursive Positioning of Women Leaders.- Chapter 6: Gender and an ‘Effective’ Language of Leadership.